They brought their ideas to Britain, They linked health and hygiene, They improved public health.
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What were the negative things about the Romans?
Everything was overcrowded spreading disease, they didn't look at new theories, they weren't interested in explaining illnesses.
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What did the Romans build that helped to improve public health?
They built aqueducts to transport clean water through out the city,they build public toilets that were linked to sewers which helped to decrease the amount of deaths from some diseases.
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In the four humours theory if the 4 liquids were unbalanced were you I'll or healthy?
If the four liquids were unbalanced you were ill
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What were the 4 liquids in the 4 humours theory?
Yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, blood.
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Who came up with the theory of opposites?
Galen
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How did the factor war improve health?
It got doctor to try different methods of treating wounds to find and affective method of treating them.
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How did the factor religion stop progression in medicine?
It stopped people from performing disections so they had to use animals to get a wider knowledge of the body. Using animals could be unreliable.
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Card 2
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What were the negative things about the Romans?
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Everything was overcrowded spreading disease, they didn't look at new theories, they weren't interested in explaining illnesses.
Card 3
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What did the Romans build that helped to improve public health?
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Card 4
Front
In the four humours theory if the 4 liquids were unbalanced were you I'll or healthy?
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